Ingredients:
1 cup - Methi (Fenugreek Leaves), chopped
2 - Aloo (Potatoes)
3 tsp - Moong Dal
1/2 tsp - Oil
1/2 tsp - Jeera (Cumin Seeds)
1/4 tsp - Lal Mirch (Red Chili) Powder
1/2 tsp - Dhanya (Coriander Seed) Powder
1/2 tsp - Haldi (Turmeric) Powder
1/4 tsp - Amchur (Dry Mango Powder)
1/4 tsp - Garam Masala
To taste - Salt
A pinch - Hing (Asafoetida)
Method:
1. Saut jeera in some oil in a pan.
2. Cut the aloo into cubes.
3. Add all spices, aloo, chopped methi and soaked moong dal to the pan and fry well.
4. Cover with a lid and cook till potatoes are done.
Sarson ki Kadhi
Ingredients:
2 cups - Amul Masti Dahi (Curd)
1 cup - Water
1/2 cup, plus 5 tsp - Besan (Gram Flour)
1 cup - Sarson ke Patte (Mustard Greens), chopped
1 - Lemon
For frying Oil
2 - Lal Mirch (Red Chilies)
A pinch of Hing (Asafoetida)
1/2 tsp - Methi Dana (Fenugreek Seeds)
1/2 tsp - Haldi (Turmeric) Powder
1/2 tsp - Lal Mirch Powder (Red Chili) Powder
1/4 tsp - Dhanya (Coriander Seeds) Powder
1/4 tsp - Garam Masala
To taste - Salt
4 flakes - Lehsun (Garlic)
Method:
1. To make the bhajiyas: Chop the lehsun and lal mirch.
2. Mix 1/2 cup besan, chopped sarson, chopped lehsun, lal mirch powder and salt in a bowl. Add a little water to form a bhajiya (fritter) batter.
3. Heat oil in a kadai and fry bhajiyas till golden.
4. To make the kadhi: mix Amul dahi with 5 tsp besan, haldi and water.
5. Pour the mixture into a pan to cook.
6. When the sauce thickens, fry garlic, lal mirch, hing and salt in a little oil.
7. Pour the fragrant oil mixture into the sauce and stir.
8. Put the bhajiyas in the sauce and serve.
Ro ki Kheer
Ingredients:
4 cups - Amul Gold Doodh (Milk)
1/4 cup - Rice
2 cups - Sugarcane Juice
3 - Chotti Elaichi (Green Cardamom)
1/2 cup - Jaggery
1 cup - Assorted Dry Fruits
Method:
1. Reduce Amul milk in a large pan.
2. When it has thickened slightly, add soaked rice and crushed choti elaichi.
3. When the rice has cooked and the milk has thickened, add the jiggery and Ro to it and mix well.
4. Garnish with dry fruits.
Desi Chicken
Ingredients:
200g - Chicken, boneless, cut into pieces
2 cups - Amul Masti Dahi
4 - Tomatoes, grated
2 - Onions, grated
1" piece - Adrak (Ginger)
3 flakes - Lehsun (Garlic)
2 tsp - Methi Dana (Fenugreek)
2 tsp - Lal Mirch (Red Chili) Powder
5 tsp - Bhuna Jeera (Roasted Cumin Seeds)
1 cup - Amul Fresh Cream
3 tsp - Giner-Garlic paste
200g - Hara Dhanya (Fresh Coriander)
5 - Hari Mirch (Green Chilies)
3 tsp - Garam Masala
3 - Lemons
To taste - Butter
To taste - Salt
As required Oil
A length of Malmal (Muslin Cloth)
1 - Sigdi (Coal Barbeque)
2 kg - Charcoal
Method:
1. Hang the Amul dahi in a length of malmal over a sink for at least 90 minutes to allow most of the moisture to drain out.
2. Marinate the chicken in 1 cup hung curd, Amul fresh cream, finely chopped hari mirch, hara dhaniya, ginger-garlic paste, lemon and a half of all the spices.
3. Roast the chicken on a sigdi over burning coals.
4. Baste regularly with soft butter.
5. Saut grated onion and chopped lehsun till brown and then add grated tomato and all the remaining spice.
6. Serve the chicken with the onion and tomato relish.
Smoked Lassi
Ingredients:
2 cups - Amul Masti Dahi (Curd)
As desired - Water
3 tsp - Bhuna Jeera (Roasted Cumin Seeds)
3 - Hari Mirch (Green Chilies)
1" piece - Adrak (Ginger)
To taste - Salt
3 tsp - Amul Ghee
Few lumps - Charcoal
Method:
1. Whisk Amul dahi with water, jeera, chopped hari mirch, finely chopped adrak and salt.
2. Pour the whisked lassi into a big bowl.
3. Float a small clean metal bowl in the mixture.
4. Light a piece of charcoal on the stove over an open flame. Wait till most of it has caught fire.
5. Place the lit charcoal in the floating bowl and put a blob of Amul ghee over it.
6. When it starts to smoke, quickly cover the big bowl with a lid and set aside for 10 minutes for the flavor of the smoke to infuse in the lassi.
7. After 10 minutes remove the small bowl and pour the lassi into glasses and serve.
Laccha Paratha & Mixed Vegetable Roti
Ingredients:
1 cup - Atta (Whole Wheat Flour)
1 cup - Maida (Refined Flour)
1 cup - Makki ka Atta (Corn Meal)
To taste - Salt
1 cup - Khoya (Milk Solids)
2 - Onions
200g - Hara Dhanya (Fresh Coriander)
2 flakes - Lehsun (Garlic)
1 - Mooli (White Radish)
3 tsp - Lal Mirch Powder (Red Chili Powder)
3 tsp - Jeera (Cumin Seeds)
As Required - Amul Ghee
Method:
1. To make the laccha paratha: combine maida and half the atta with water and salt to form a dough.
2. Make balls of the dough.
3. Roll out each ball into a small roti-like shape. Spread khoya over it.
4. Fold the roti into pleats like you would do when making a paper fan.
5. Twist the folded strip round and tuck one end under the other to form a circle.
6. Roll out the circle into a paratha shape.
7. Roast the paratha on a hot tavaa. Add Amul ghee at intervals. The layers will separate slightly.
8. To make the mixed vegetable roti: Combine the remaining atta with makki ka atta and add chopped onion, lehsun, chopped mooli, jeera, lal mirch powder, salt and hara dhanya.
9. Add a little water to form a dough.
10. Make balls of the dough and roll out into rotis.
11. Roast on a tavaa, spread with ghee and serve.